...without actually having one?? I know what is bringing it on, my youngest is 3, so he really isn't a baby anymore. The baby stage is my favorite. I stay at home with my kids so I don't have a job to go back to, so I can't use that as an excuse. Ugh, what can I do to shake it off!?
I got a puppy! He is my baby, he keeps me so busy. He is now 11 mo and still gets into things. Today he chewed a wiffle ball bat and yesterday he chewed a marker. He still has accidents :( After him, the baby fever calmed down big time!
That and i cannot wait for frozen drinks all summer ;)
I borrow my friend's younger child when it hits me. By the end of the day I usually remember why I am happy that DD is now 4.5.
Good luck.
I belong to a group that sends virtual baby showers to expecting military families. It helps with the urges to buy baby stuff.
Find a friend with a colicky baby and give your friend a rest for 8 or so hours (while she sleeps) while YOU 'enjoy' the nonstop crying.
If you still want a baby after that, you have the fever stronger than a lot of women I know.
Invite the neighbor kid over. You know, the one with the smart mouth, no manners, hits your kids...
Okay, I'm teasing. If you really want to get your yaya's out, perhaps you could do some volunteering in a daycare, or offer to take care of a baby whose parents do 2nd or 3rd shift work.
Or just wait it out. When your kids get a little older, all of a sudden, the thought of bottles and diapers and lugging a 20 pounder in your arms loses its appeal.
Or you get too old to lug that 20 pounder around LOL!
(Sorry - I'm thinking about me!)
Dawn
Babysit!! at your home with your other children. couple days of that should do it!
LOL!
if not, then you should now about how serious you really are about it.
Why not have a baby?
I went back and forth for eons on having a third, and then we decided to try....Of course my body then decided to stop ovulating.....But I stopped trying to fight it. I want a baby, so we are going to keep on trying.
Life is too short to live with regret. And you ain't living unless you are living in fear. Unless there is some big reason why you can't have another, just have another.. ;-) I have never met an unhappy large family.
babysit a difficult baby for longer than you would want to, like overnight or for the weekend. A few hours will only be the honeymoon stage. You need to get no sleep, no shower, no peace and quiet to really break the fever. And take it to the grocery store with you! That'll do it everytime.
I don't know how to help other that remind you of sleepless nights??? that is what I'll remind myself when my youngest is out of babyhood and I get baby fever again. she is only 6 months but I KNOW as soon as she is two or three I'll want a baby again...however thinking about running on 3 hours of sleep makes me shudder.
Visit a family with a child with ADHD. :)
Well, I already know we are absolutely done. However...
My son is 3. I recently watched my 2 month old nephew, and my 4 year old niece. I tried going to the store. Holy overwhelming, batman. There were more kids then hands, more crying then I had the ability to control, more needs then I had the time and energy to meet. It was SO SO SO overwhelming and frustrating. I had been watching my son and the four year old, and it was great. Add a baby to the mix, and it was just awful. I couldn't imagine doing that ALL DAY, every day.
Oh, I also watched a baby with colic. That was the worst. Hours and hours of crying. Do any of your friends or family have a baby struggling with colic? That might do it. It was incredibly difficult dealing with a constantly crying baby and my son...who is actually easy himself. Colic is very common, too.
I don't know sister.
A while ago I thought about getting a puppy. You know, teething, peeing on the floor, a lot of attention needed - soft little puppy kisses. Decided against it. We don't want to stress out our lady dog who is approaching her sunset years. We're also waiting until my husband is at home with the kids and I'm in graduate school. That way he can train up a dog and be with her all day long.
I am a clucky hen.
Being around babies SHOULD help, but instead it just makes it worse. I take my friend's babies for the day and by the end I'm in a heap of Oxytocin, far off looks, and drowsy smiles. Babies are not my favorite stage, but I'm pretty good with babies. Even the crankiest will fall asleep on my chest. *Sigh*. I should stop talking about it, I feel the urges rising just from thinking about babies.
Anyway, if you find away that doesn't include shock therapy (haha) let me know.
I have 6 kids... my youngest is only 6 mo. old - I have already thought about the next, but know that I can't due to health issues. I ended up with bloodclots w/ my 5th & 6th, hospitalized after delivery and still am dealing with issues from the bloodclots with my last - I had multiple mini-strokes because of the issues & fell during one, hit my head & ended up with a small brain bleed becuase I was on blood thinners. If I knew I could carry without the clotting issues I would in a heartbeat, but I have been told it would get worse with each - so I am done :(
I love babies... it will be hard, but I do have a 17 yr old - I just get to WAIT till I get grandbabies :) Or if we find a way we will become foster parents.
But if you are not wanting to wait to be a grandma, have another or become a foster parent - try baby sitting in your home or see if you can volunteer at at daycare or local children's hospital.
Baby fever does suck... most of the people I went to school with are just now starting their families and I have to stop - really sucks!
my 3rd and youngest is 13 months right now. As crazy as it sounds when she was about 11 months I started getting baby fever again bad. I was upset too, wondering why I felt like this, wanting my hubby to be ready like me, we said we'd stop at 3 kids but then I wanted another so bad. You know what made it all better? trying to have another!! LOL I just stopped breastfeeding so i still haven't gotten my period back but we aren't using protection so with any luck I should be pregnant in the near future. That has taken away all my baby fever and I am so much more relaxed knowing that I could get pregnant at anytime. :) So my advise is start trying for another baby!!! :)
If you find out, let me know. I tried talking to my husband about it - we even went over the whole discussion about our kids sharing rooms, and whether we had outgrown our house already, and new cars and how friends and family would react, and whatnot, and it turns out he has baby fever, too....
If you have any friends with little ones offer to babysit or try to find a part time job at a day care of volentire in the church nursery is you have one.
I dont know. I want a 3rd and my husband doesnt and I watch 4 toddlers during the week. I am definately going to be reading all the answers. It sucks for me to cause my friends are just getting married and trying for kids and I have already been married for 6 1/2 years and have a 5 1/2 and 4yr old.
LOL. Love Nikki's answer!
Do you have a friend that has a little one you could babysit for her? That might shake the baby fever.... LOL
Seek therapy ;-). Or plan another big event.
Hi,
Have you thought of fostering infants? My aunt raised two kids, then fostered for decades! She loved the baby stage, too. And you get paid for fostering!
Good luck!
"Grams"
from the Pocono Mts. of PA
